Blogs & Opinion
Making Their Voices Count: The African Women Protecting Their Land Rights
10 September 2019 | Philippine Sutz
Ashura Juma Mnaula lives in the village of Marumbo in Tanzania. The divorced 38-year-old has three children and, like many women in her community, looks to the land to help her support her family. In...
To Build Peace, Boost the Women Who Lead the Movements
10 September 2019 | James Rupert
mages of this year’s grassroots movements for social and political change—such as the ouster of authoritarian rulers in Sudan and Algeria—reiterate that women worldwide are driving campaigns tha...
Why Gender Matters in Climate Adaptation
10 September 2019 | Bernadette Resurreccion
Climate change will not affect people equally. Those living through its most adverse effects will have contributed least to the problem and have fewer resources to adapt to its impacts. For adapta...
Joining Forces to Empower Women in Senegal
9 September 2019 | Maggie May
Where are the effects of climate change felt the strongest? West Africa shoulders some of the heaviest impacts created by climate change, particularly in communities where families live off the land....
CoP: Only 25% Nations Include Gender Discussions in Land Degradation Targets
9 September 2019 | Shagun Kapil
Only around 20 of more than 80 countries have included discussions on the role of gender and women in their targets to halt land degradation by 2030, according to a briefing note released at the 14thÂ...
If Women, Peace and Security Agenda Is to Be More Than Words, Congress Must Stay Engaged
4 September 2019 | Sahana Dharmapuri and Hans Hogrefe
On paper, proponents of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the U.S. have a lot to celebrate. Twenty years after the international community recognized the critically important role women pl...
South Africa: How More Women in Agriculture Will End Food Security, Tackle Land Reform
8 August 2019
Addressing gender disparities in the agricultural sector is a prerequisite to increasing women and youth participation in the sector, creating much-needed employment opportunities and ensuring food se...
Support African Women Working in Agriculture
8 August 2019 | Esther Ngumbi
As South Africa commemorates Women’s Month, the country will reflect on the progress made in achieving gender equality and main-streaming the gender agenda across all areas, including agriculture.Ag...
Women's Participation in Myanmar's Peace Process
8 August 2019 | Akanksha Khullar
For years, women in Myanmar have been powerful advocates for comprehensive peace and good governance, calling for reconciliation and democratic transition; demanding legislations that protect women’...
Agriculture's Secret Weapon: Empowering Women
6 August 2019 | Patrick Galey and Laure Fillon
Women farmers face the brunt of the threat posed by climate change, yet they may hold the key to helping limit its fallout, according to a landmark UN report to be released this week.Although they mak...